Skiffy's boards.

[lyssie]

Full of scariness, including the part where... there are vocal males in fandom. wtf? Who gave them a voice? Full of wank and really stupid commentary, too.

Things what I have learned:
1. No one wanted Amanda Tapping on BSG until now (sad).
2. Apparently, Ben and Claudia are the reasons Farscape and SG-1 were cancelled 'prematurely'.
3. Kara/Lee shippers say good night to each other. For pages. WOW.
4. I got name-checked. First, one of my desktops. Second, I'm apparently someone's favorite Kara/Anders writer. (um, yay?)
5. Using my pointless log in to continually picspam Anders and Kara/Anders on the respective threads is a bad thing. Really. At least I'm not responding to myself.
6. BSG fandom is not as well-versed in capitalization and spelling and grammar as LJ would lead me to believe.
7. At least there isn't BSG virtual season wank. Yet.

eta: please consider there to be spoilers in the comments. Also. Jean Grey dies.

Comments

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

That would be mean. Yes. *contemplates*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

So she can be femslashy with Kara.

As for 2, well, I'd never consider it a possibility.

[havocthecat]

I wouldn't complain at that, no...

[morwen_peredhil]

So the Skiffy boards haven't gotten any less stupid since I saw them last, which must have been a couple of years ago. NEVER CHANGE, SKIFFY BOARDS!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

No, no they haven't. Sadly.

[morwen_peredhil]

I suppose I shouldn't go over there and say "SHE'S DEAD (AT LEAST FOR NOW) AND ALL YOU IDIOTS CAN THINK ABOUT IS WHICH MAN SHE SHOULD BE FRAKKING? THERE'S A LOT MORE TO KARA THRACE THAN HER VAGINA AND WHO SHE GRANTS ACCESS TO IT!" but it is tempting, and I say this as a person who ships Kara/Lee. I just want her back.

Does it make me a bad person that I don't really want to interact with menfolk in fandom? I'm sure there are exceptions to the "tries to dominate conversation with repeated stupid assertions because his penis means he knows better than all you silly girls" rule, but...you know?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Well, I could be wrong. I haven't poked the Starbuck or Kara threads. I've just eyed the K/L one and happily bombarded people with Kara/Anders. (because I'm shallow like that)

And there was one thread about how Katee was a bitch until her recent interview, and other stuff which made me want to rant about how women shouldn't have to be nice and, um. made me ranty. yes.

In all honesty, there are quite a few lovely and capable of being intelligent men-folk in fandom. I know several, not to mention, my start in fandom was being surrounded by guys, and I occasionally miss it, since, um. Girls tend to be more hateful towards female characters.

[morwen_peredhil]

I think I have one male on my flist here (via the Stargates), and he's fine. I should try not to judge the rest by the annoying ones at Skiffy or TWoP.

One of my least favorite things is when women hate a female character solely because they're jealous that she's an actual or potential love interest for a male character they have a crush on. Because she's the only thing standing between them and True Love with the FICTIONAL male character or something.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is, I think most of the scary people I know (Skiffy and teh List) are women. Except Jaka. Jaka is like the scariest exception to every rule.

YES. Or she's too perfect. Or has too many flaws. Or is not male, which is what it usually seems to be.

[scarfman]

jealous that she's an actual or potential love interest for a male character they have a crush on

I call that Riley Finn syndrome, regardless of the direction the gender polarity is flowing.

[ancarett]

This is why I don't bother to stop by those boards unless someone links a particularly tasty tidbit in their LJ. The stupid! It burns!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

*uses distracting icon*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*laughs* LJ is not providing enough entertainment for me. Sadly.

[obsidian179.livejournal.com]

1. No one wanted Amanda Tapping on BSG until now (sad).

I still don't. Mainly because I don't hate Amanda enough to inflict that sort of thing on her. ;)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I would find it pointless.

Unless they give me AT/Sam Anders. Which. Um. yesplease.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I don't know! I want to be evil, though. Sometimes. Maybe I'm just the most prolific? Or a scary juggernaut?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

But I like being evil. ;]

Hrm. *crashes through fandom*

[blinovitch.livejournal.com]

Ten seasons is premature?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Oh, quite. As is four. *snorts*

[blinovitch.livejournal.com]

I like how some sections of the television viewing audience seem to live in this bubble where no show is ever cancelled two or three episodes into its initial run, and four years is too short a season.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Four years is a good damned run. Especially with the production values.

Er. But. Preaching to the choir.

I'm kind of... wishing some shows would premier on Skiffy and get cancelled after a few eps.

[blinovitch.livejournal.com]

They're too hard up for content to have the luxury. A twelve episode test run is a big investment for a channel on the scale of Sci-Fi.

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

2. is idiotic.

4. Name-checked? buh?

7. Just wait. Juuuuuuuust wait.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

2. FOR SERIOUS.

4. Someone linked to one of my desktops, then to my fic.

7. I am waiting with popcorn! I want to be able to mock them more than I mocked the Jack Virtual Season Nine people. I want there to be several different ones, too. A Gaeta-VS, a Kara/Lee one, a Kara/Leoben one... If the Kara/Anders people start discussing it, I will smack them a lot.

[zorb]

*throws things at item two*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*joins*

[zahdahe.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I... Now you are taking about the Skiffy boards, don't even try with them anymore. Reading them can cause serious brain injury.
Like the brain escaping from the tripe it is having to absorb! Thorse are crazy! AT has another job on SGA-doesn't she - replacing someone?
10 seasons is premature? Really? I have some swampland on a sandbar on the Isle of St Michael on the Mount. It gets cut off twice a day due to tides!
I stick with the sane people on BSG my brain and soul can't deal with any more intese obsessions. I the thing about hating potential love interests for the man of the show. I tend to pick the wrinklies. Say like Tigh or Cottle! Why! The Pretty is nice and soothing but the older they are 'more character' is there! Also I not so perky anymore!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Brain injury is better than being bored.

You could try selling it to them. They might buy it.

Cottle is love.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

People are dumb. It's the only thing I can come up with, at this point.

[pretty-fits.livejournal.com]

3. Kara/Lee shippers say good night to each other. For pages. WOW.

Bwa ha ha ha

I can't even look into the K/L shipper thread without getting pissed off. I can't stand they call Dee E-Z-Dee, yeah and Kara's a virgin. *eyeroll*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

...Kara is a virgin. Right. As always, I suspect me and the K/L shippers are watching a completely different show...

[pretty-fits.livejournal.com]

Kara is saving herself for Lee.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Oh, obviously. Zak? Those were just fantasies. Besides, they never got further than second base. Baltar? Please. She thought he was Lee!

[havocthecat]

OMG NO JEAN DIES? YOU SPOILED ME!!! I HATE YOU FOREVER NOW!

(That is NEVER not funny. Or maybe I have a weird sense of humor.)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*woes*

I'm still giggly about the guys behind us at X2 who yelled at us for laughing when Jean died (we are so mean. Obviously).

[havocthecat]

Well, seriously. I mean, Jean dies. THIS IS A GIVEN!

(Also, who is that in your icon?)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't be the X-Men if Jean didn't die...

(Jean Barolay. *g* I'm sad that we won't get her dying and coming back from the dead as a cosmic entity, but...)